New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of October 24, 2016
This week, enjoy census records from Ghana, The Czech Republic, and New Jersey along with other valuable indexed historic records from Sweden, Netherlands, Russia, and the United states including almost 2 million indexed land allotment records for five Native American tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole) in Oklahoma. See the interactive table below for these and more historic records added this week at FamilySearch.org.
Collection |
Indexed Records |
Digital Images |
Comments |
162,613 |
167,344 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
0 |
378,579 |
Added images to an existing collection |
|
0 |
21,173 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
522,065 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
0 |
1,646,966 |
Added images to an existing collection |
|
Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications 1885-1955 |
497 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
0 |
612 |
Added images to an existing collection |
|
Sweden Västernorrland Church Records 1501-1940; index 1650-1860 |
0 |
657 |
Added images to an existing collection |
0 |
838 |
Added images to an existing collection |
|
756,493 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
1,027,048 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
212,731 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
78,912 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes 1899-1907 |
1,846,931 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world's historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org/indexing.
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